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Lockheed Martin completed the fifth of eight modernized GPS 2R satellites for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced July 18. The satellites offer two new signals, enhanced encryption and […]

BSkyB plans to invest 400 million British pounds ($731.7 million) throughout the next three years to develop its broadband business, the company announced July 18. BSkyB will offer three tiers […]

Globalstar Inc. filed a registration statement July 18 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission outlining a proposed $100 million initial public offering of common stock. The number of shares […]

The French Navy selected France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications and Eclipse to provide satellite broadband communication services for military aircraft, EMS Satcom and Eclipse announced July 17. Eclipse, acting as […]

Shin Satellite engineers have transferred customers from Thaicom 3 to Thaicom 5, the company announced. Thaicom 5, placed into orbit in May from a successful Arianespace launch, is fitted with […]

JSAT Corp.’s JCSAT-10 spacecraft arrived at Kourou Space Center in French Guiana in preparation for an Aug. 11 launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced. The spacecraft will be […]

The U.S. Air Force failed to follow federal regulations in awarding a contract to Boeing Co. to develop a sensor for a next-generation U.S. government weather satellite, according to an […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. will supply navigation systems for a next-generation military satellite communications system under a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop announced July 17. Under the initial $4 million […]

Space Shuttle Discovery executed a triumphal return to Earth today, capping a letter-perfect mission that began with thunderstorm delays and safety concerns, but ultimately showed what NASA at its best […]

Congress should place ballistic missile defense (BMD) on a fiscal fast track, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), said, vowing to seek more funding […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved an amendment adding $1 billion to the NASA appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2007. That extra funding passed over opposition […]

NDS Ltd., a supplier of conditional access and middleware solutions, is expecting a busy 12 months due to expected growth in the satellite pay-TV market. NDS works with companies such […]

Even as the United States implores China to use its leverage to restrain North Korean ambitions to develop nuclear-tipped long-range missiles, China has no intention whatever of wielding its influence […]

SelecTV deployed Harmonic Inc.‘s Internet Protocol (IP)-based compression and multiplexing solutions for its direct-to-home satellite pay-TV service in Australia, Harmonic announced July 13. SelecTV will use the Divicom Electra 1000 […]

The Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) tested successfully against a moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. During the test at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., an Air Force […]

Canalsat selected Tandberg Television‘s high-definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC video encoding and distribution system for the launch of its HD service, Tandberg Television announced July 13. Canalsat HD will begin before […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has 10 launches on its manifest, according to the company. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for […]

Globalstar Australia completed an equity purchase with Tenzeng Pty Ltd. to launch a suite of asset tracking services in the Australian market, Pivotel Group, Globalstar Australia’s parent company, announced. Tenzeng’s […]

Loral Space and Communications [LORL] will supply satellite communications for Chile. A unit of the company, Loral Skynet do Brasil, won a contract from the Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones […]

SES Americom announced July 11 its Redisat network is available in the United States. The network, which targets first responders, emergency management professionals and private enterprises, supplies satellite space bandwidth […]

The Army and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] selected General Dynamics Corp. [GD] to provide the unitary warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The warhead is in system […]

Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), which operates XM Canada, will raise its monthly price in order to offset its financial losses, the company announced July 13. New subscribers to the satellite […]

XSR-SV.TO Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), which operates XM Canada, will raise its monthly price beginning in September in order to offset its financial losses, the company announced July 13. New […]

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received a $2.4 million order for its satellite data communications transceivers, parent company Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced July 12. Comtech Mobile will supply the U.S. Army […]

Iridium Satellite announced July 12 its satellite communications customer base in the aviation market has more than doubled throughout the past 12 months. At the end of June, the installed […]

Raytheon Co. won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide mission support systems to satellite communications terminals, the company announced July 13. Under the five-year, $75 million contract, Raytheon […]

XM Satellite Radio named Steve Cook executive vice president of automotive, a position created as part of a restructuring the company’s marketing operations, XM announced July 13. Cook will focus […]

Globecast hooked up two new deals with channel providers to provide them access to Sky‘s platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland using Globecast’s capacity aboard the Eurobird satellite. The […]

Sea Launch Co. announced July 11 Peter Stier will be vice president of marketing and sales, effectively immediately. Stier succeeds Rob Peckham, who became president and general manager of the […]